Eneko I of Pamplona

Eneko I of Pamplona (1 January 788-22 June 852), also known as Íñigo Arista, was the first king of Pamplona, reigning from 824 to 852. He preceded Gartzia I of Pamplona.

Biography
Eneko was born in 788, and was the son of Eneko Ximenez. Eneko was a Catholic Basque of the House of Iniga, and he came to power after the Franks assassinated Governor Mutarrif ibn Musa of Pamplona and the pro-Franks and pro-Moors began power struggles in northern Spain. When the Cordobans defeated the Franks at the 816 Battle of Pancorbo, the Basques rose up against the Franks and made Eneko the king of the Kingdom of Pamplona. In 824 he defeated the Franks at the Second Battle of Roncesvalles, and the battle at Roncesvalles is considered to be the day that Pamplona became a kingdom. He was king until his death in 852, and he was succeeded by his son Gartzia I of Pamplona.